An oversize vehicle route through a city, planned and verified in SUPERLOAD.

SUPERLOAD

Oversize overweight permitting and routing software

BENEFITS

Automate safer permit routing

SUPERLOAD automates OS/OW permitting and route validation to improve accuracy, reduce costs, and support safer travel.
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  • Automate OS/OW permitting

    Automate permitting workflows to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and help protect infrastructure and public safety. 

  • Improve route accuracy and safety

    Use dynamic route selection and analysis to improve OS/OW routing accuracy, save time, and reduce infrastructure risk. 

  • Analyze bridge and route restrictions

    Evaluate bridge requirements and route restrictions with more reliable permitting data to support faster, better decisions.

PRICING OPTIONS

Exclusive pricing options

SUPERLOAD

An intelligent automated permitting and routing solution to safely manage oversize and overweight (OS/OW) vehicles.

  • Automate application processing, route selection, and permit issuance to save time.
  • Perform real-time route validation based on specific vehicle size and weight.
  • Easily manage roadway network events, from full route closures to route advisories.
  • Select routes via an interactive map to process a quicker, safer route.

More details

Automatic permitting 

  • Creates, edits, revises, issues, inspects, grants, or denies permits  
  • Handles agency’s specific/custom permit types   
  • Formalizes the permit-decision process   
  • Assists users by applying built-in knowledge  
    of permit policy   
  • Verifies application data (account balance, insurance, violation, registration, and background information)   
  • Validates weights and dimensions for consistency and accuracy   
  • Manages overall inter-agency review workflows   
  • Automates the delivery of permits   
  • Manages automated permittee notification of changing road, bridge, or restriction conditions affecting outstanding permits   
  • Prints required trip and restriction information on permit 

Intelligent routing and analysis 

  • Provides multiple methods for users to specify a route to be analyzed  
  • Evaluates user-entered routes for safe passage  
  • Automatically finds a route that can be approved in lieu of a user-requested route  
  • Handles multiple starts and stops for off system routes   
  • Provides interactive maps for route selection and display of analysis results   
  • Automatically assigns road and  
    bridge restrictions   
  • Can favor routes based on special routing procedures and route or functional classification   
  • Performs integrated live-load bridge analysis in real time   
  • Takes into account temporary restrictions   
  • Includes manual override and editing capabilities   
  • Reports reason and position of failure  
    for rejected routes   
  • Allows underlay of aerial/spatial and other Web Map Service (WMS) data   
  • Mines data for review of permitted movements and transportation improvement planning 

Restrictions data management 

  • Input, display, manage, query, maintain, and report temporary route restriction information via key-in or interactive map   
  • Define height, width, length, gross weight, axle, and tire-width attributes 
  • Weight per unit of tire width   
  • Define crossover restrictions   
  • Analyze features for dual-direction travel.  
  • Check multiple area restrictions for excessive issues  
  • Review all outstanding permits  
    for restriction impact 

Finance and accounting 

  • Post charges in real time   
  • Provide audit trail of all transactions   
  • Exercise full account management   
  • Select appropriate account types  
    (escrow, bonded, and receivable)   
  • Use accurate, automated fee assessment   
  • Process payments electronically   
  • Choose form of payment: cash, check,  
    money order, credit card, or various escrow / bonded account types 

Data management 

  • Integrates existing data sources   
  • Captures both electronic and nonelectronic data   
  • Creates special and custom reports   
  • Allows ad hoc reporting   
  • Manages e-commerce options   
  • Complies with Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN)   
  • Complies with Intelligent Transportation Systems- Commercial Vehicle Operations  
    (ITS CVO) 

Routing data requirements 

  • Highway characteristics available from GIS, databases and maps   
  • Bridge characteristics available from GIS, databases, maps and bridge rating systems   
  • Bridge structural models for live-load bridge analysis Bentley bridge products, AASHTOWare BrR, AASHTOWare BrDR,  
    and other engineering data   
  • Additional information describing the route system deemed important to the jurisdiction for proper route analysis 

Communication support 

  • Support internet access   
  • Automated delivery of output documents  
    via web, email, or fax 

User community 

  • Used by approximately one-third of all U.S. state DOTs  
  • Has successfully issued millions of permits   
  • Developed on proven technology   

Operating system: 

  • MS Windows Server 2019 or later

Memory:

  • 12+ GB (14 GB for MaS servers)

Disk Space:

  • 80+ GB HDD

Additional software:

  • MS IIS 10.0 or later, SQL Server 2019 or 2022, Oracle 19c 

USER STORIES

Real stories. Real results.

Maryland saves by automating 80% of hauling permits

Maryland State Highway Administration used Bentley products for multi-jurisdictional OS/OW permitting and routing, saving carriers USD 24.6M annually.

Maryland saves by automating 80% of hauling permits

FAQS

Find answers

SUPERLOAD is a comprehensive solution to help reduce time, optimize routes, and increase efficiency with real-time route validation to ensure accurate and safe travel for oversize/overweight (OS/OW) vehicles. The system taps into current restrictions and live bridge rating for optimized routes.

Oversize load routing software is a specialized transportation planning tool used to safely and legally plan routes for oversize and overweight (OS/OW) vehicles—loads that exceed standard height, width, length, or weight limits.

SUPERLOAD improves OS/OW routing by using automated, real‑time vehicle‑specific analysis of bridges, clearances, and restrictions to generate safe, compliant, and optimized routes—reducing delays, manual effort, and infrastructure risk. 

SUPERLOAD performs live, route‑by‑route bridge analysis as part of the routing process, ensuring OS/OW vehicles are only routed across structures that can safely and legally support them—protecting infrastructure and public safety.

SUPERLOAD is designed for agencies and carriers that must move oversize/overweight vehicles safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with infrastructure limits and regulations, using automated routing and real‑time bridge analysis.

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